English Premier
2009-02-28 - Everton vs West Brom
A Sports Betting Pick by Grga
Sat 28th February 2009 - Kickoff 12:45 UK
EVERTON
High flying Everton has been playing excellent in 2009.
2-3-1 results (only loss, 0-1 at Old Traford against Man Utd) in 6 league games and place in FA Cup quarterfinals have been during this span are great results when you look at their injury troubles.
Yakubu is out for the season with ruptured Achilles, while James Vaughan has had surgery on a knee injury and Nuno Valente has been out with a similar problem since August.
Louis Saha has been plagued by hamstring trouble which has restricted him to 14 matches this season, while midfielder Marouane Fellaini is playing with a cracked bone in his back.
Midfielders Steven Pienaar (hamstring) and Leon Osman (stomach strain) have both missed recent games, Victor Anichebe and Mikel Arteta are last two players on Everton’s list of injured players.
Anichebe could be back for this game but Arteta, a key player in Everton squad past few seasons is done for season and will need surgery on his ruptured cruciate knee ligament. Midfielder Tim Cahill and right-back Tony Hibbert will be back from suspension.
WBA
Last placed WBA will face hard relegation battle in last 12 rounds.With away score 1-2-10 and only 6 scored goals it’s clear that WBA just can’t get points away from The Hawthorns.
FIVE pts is all that West Brom have collected in their away matches, coming from draws in Bolton and Hull and 1-0 win at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesborough.
Coach Tony Mowbray has also quite a lot troubles with injured players. Long term injury victims Neil Clement and Ishmael Miller will miss more games.
Skipper Jonathan Greening and Danish centre-back Jonas Olsson will not return on field till trip to West Ham on Monday, 16 March, Yousssuf Mulumbu is out for at least a week with a thigh strain and Portuguese midfielder Teixeira has a broken toe and probably will not play.
The Betting Verdict
WBA lost 10 out of 13 games away this season and failed to score in eight.
On the other side Everton has been playing quite good against bottom table teams. The Toffees have 11W-2D-1L when hosting bottom sides since the start of last season with 8/11 wins to nil.
The Statistics :
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BEST BETTING TIP :
My pick is Everton to win.Other good betting options are :
Everton to win to nil
and under 2.5 goals
